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JOHN S. RICE, OF CAMBRIDGEPORT, AND JACOB EDSON, OF BOSTON, MASSA- CHUSETTS, SAID EDSON ASSIGNOR TO SAID RICE.

PEN CLEANER AND HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,431, dated November l, 1887.

Application filed July 16, 1887. Serial No. fl-14,473. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN S. RICE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cambridgeport, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and J ACOB EDsON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot' Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have jointly invented new and useful Improvements in Pen Cleaners and to Holders, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pen cleaners and holders, and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure l represents a plan view of the invention. Fig. 2 represents a front View of it; and Fig. 3 represents a cross-section on the 2o line A B, shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of a modification of thc invention.

Si niilar let-ters referto similar parts wherever they occur ou the different parts of the drawings.

rIhe invention consists of a block, a, composed of a series of sheets ot" paper or other suitable fibrous or textile material, which sheets are laid side by side, and preferably incloscd by means of a suitable binding-strip,

3o b, as shown. Said block c is equal at top and bottom to permit its being reversed whenever so desired.

The block a is to be used for cleaning or wiping steel pens, which is donc by sticking the pen into the block a and between its component sheets, causing the ink to be removed and the pen to be cleaned in a quick and efticient manner.

If so desired, the block a may be used as a .to holder by sticking the pen into said block and allowing it to remain until again needed for use. The paper sheets, being elastic, will allow of their spreading apart when the pen is stuck in the block, and to close together as soon as the pen is withdrawn.

rIhe block a is inserted in and secured to a suitable base or socket, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 8. \Ve prefer to make said base in two parts, c c, divided vertically at c' c', as shown 5o in Figs. l and 3, the lower ends of said frame parts coming together at c, as shown in Fig. 3, and their upper ends, c3 ci, serving as clamping-jaws for clamping the block c between them, as shown in Fig. 3, and such clamping of the block a is accomplished by means of a clampingscrcw, d, passing loosely through one of the parts c and screwed into the other,

as shown in Fig. 3.

rlhe lower end of the block a is adapted to rest on a shoulder or projection, c, on the inside of the base parts o c, and such shoulder incloses an open central space, c5, as shown in Fig. 3, serving to enable the operator to push the block a upward between the released clamping-jaws when it is desired to replace, remove, or reverse the block a.

In the drawings we have shown the block a as being rectangular in shape; but this is not essential, as it may be iliade square, polygonal, or round without departing from the es 7o sence of our invention.

In the inoditieation shown in Fig. 4 C represents the base or frame in which the block (t is inserted, and said trame is made in one single piece and provided with au adjustable binderserew, D, that is screwed through one of the sides of said frame C, and adapted to press against a plate or washer, E, interposed between the inuer end of the screw D and the block a, as shown. .To

IIaving thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation ot' our invention, we wish to secure by Letters Patent and claimit. The block c, as described, in combination with thc two-part frame, c o, having S5 shoulder c" for the block to rest on, clampingjaws c c in the upper end ol" said frame parts, and the adjustable bindcrscrew d, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The block c, as described, combined with 9o the frame c c, having shoulder c4, clampingjaws c:5 c, opening c5, and the adjustable binder-screw d, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 14th day of July, A. D. 1887.'

JOHN S. RICE. JACOB E DSON.

Vitnesses:

ALBAN ANDRN, HENRY CHADBOURN. 

